The World's Best Restaurants · 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Lasarte has spent two decades turning collaboration into a stable culinary identity.
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The World's Best Restaurants · 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Lasarte has spent two decades turning collaboration into a stable culinary identity.
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Lasarte has spent two decades turning collaboration into a stable culinary identity. Martín Berasategui directs the restaurant, while Paolo Casagrande has led its daily kitchen since 2012, drawing Catalan produce, Basque technique and his own Italian sensibility into a controlled, evolving menu. The distinction depends on that daily authorship being visible: current reporting identifies Casagrande in the kitchen, Joan Carles Ibáñez in the room and Xavi Donnay in pastry, and documents menus that are renewed throughout the year. A complete July 2026 review found the food and integrated service operating at exceptional level. Lasarte therefore enters the highest band as a living Barcelona institution, not as an extension of a remote signature.
The founding direction and daily kitchen leadership have matured into a coherent voice shaped by Catalonia, the Basque Country and Paolo Casagrande's Italian perspective.
Kitchen, dining room and pastry leadership are identifiable and coordinated, allowing the experience to hold its standard beyond the contribution of one celebrated name.
Regular menu renewal and a demanding counter-format experience show an institution testing its limits rather than repeating a fixed collection of signatures.
The editorial review verifies current operation, leadership roles, menu formats, renewal cycle and detailed recent experiences. It tests whether daily authorship belongs to the Barcelona team rather than assuming identity from the founding director. It does not claim every course changes on a fixed date or suppress less favourable diner evidence about formality and memorability.
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